AFC Gamma, Inc. announced that Brandon Hetzel, the company's current Executive Vice President, Controller, has been appointed to serve as the Company's Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Mr. Hetzel's appointment was approved by the Company's Board of Directors on March 17, 2023. Mr. Hetzel's appointment follows the departure of Brett Kaufman, who was previously the Company's Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer.
This move was made as part of the Company's efforts to rightsize the accounting team. Mr. Hetzel joined the Company's external manager in September of 2020 as Controller and has been its Executive Vice President, Controller since December 2022. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Hetzel served as VP of Finance for a real estate development and asset management company and prior to that spent seven years with PricewaterhouseCoopers where he was a manager in the REIT audit practice.
Mr. Hetzel has over twelve years of real estate and financial management experience focused on real estate and REITs, including multi-family properties, hotels, office buildings, malls, strip centers and condominium development. Mr. Hetzel received a Master of Business Administration, Accounting BSBA and Finance BSBA from the University of Central Florida and is a licensed Certified Public Accountant.
AFC Gamma, Inc. is an institutional lender to the commercial real estate sector. The Company primarily originates, structures, underwrites, invests in and manages senior secured loans and other types of commercial real estate loans and debt securities, with a specialization in loans to cannabis industry operators in states that have legalized medical and/or adult-use cannabis. The Companyâs objective is to provide attractive risk-adjusted returns over time through cash distributions and capital appreciation primarily by providing loans to real estate developers and state-law compliant cannabis companies. The loans it originates are primarily structured as senior loans secured by real estate, equipment, value associated with licenses (where applicable) and/or other assets of the loan parties to the extent permitted by applicable laws and the regulations governing such loan parties. The Company targets investing strategically across multiple real estate sectors.
AFC GAMMA, INC. 
